Damn I gave in !!
I was counseled about my long sideburns in the early seventies so I shaved them (a bit).
I then grew a beard in 1975,not a word was said,apart from one of the most conservative and critical sisters,who said she liked it !
I kept it until 1988,giving public Talks etc,but was told I couldn't go on an assembly item,field circus experiences, with a beard,so I shaved it off.
One of my friends said later, "but you had the experience when you had a beard,so whats the big deal?"
I wish now that I had told them to go jump,but I saw things differently then,I didn't think having a beard or not was a big deal.
Love
Wobble
P.S I would like to grow a beard again,but my Wife hates grey beards,which is what it would be now,not the fearsome ZZ Top style black beard I sported in the seventies !